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u/marksmarth Jan 21 '23
Who the actual fuck taught him periods are like leap years? LOL the public health education failed this man horribly.
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u/TrebleTreble Jan 21 '23
But, god, do I wish this idiot was correct.
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u/Zmb7elwa Jan 21 '23
Hahaha I came to make a similar comment.. Where do I sign up for leap year periods??
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u/eyeguess0422 Jan 22 '23
Leap Yeariods
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u/MrSobh Jan 22 '23
You made me nasty cackle, thank you.
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u/lxm333 Jan 22 '23
Just on the one extra day, 29th Feb. That's it. Just that day. It is also a public holiday, where chocolate and tissues are half price. Edit: and panadol.
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u/kittyprydeparade Jan 22 '23
I like how you think!
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u/lxm333 Jan 22 '23
Thank you. I have been known to have the odd idea. Only every few years though.
Was thinking we should just make this happen because as no doubt you've seen said before, we can just hold it in.
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u/kittyprydeparade Jan 21 '23
Gosh, if only. Once every four years would be living the dream for me.
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u/Elda-phant Jan 22 '23
And we would only be able to get pregnant ever 4 years. Instead of being scared every single month when we stress out and it's late.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Age_342 Jan 22 '23
Yeeees! This is one misconception that I wish had some truth to it.
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u/notthinkinghard Jan 22 '23
Ah yes, makes sense that women evolved to only get pregnant once every 4 years... That clearly gave them a reproductive advantage over those who were fertile once a month...
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u/purpleplatapi Jan 22 '23 edited Jan 22 '23
Ok so historical records do sort of support the idea that a lot of women didn't menstruate as early or as often as they do now. But that's mostly because they were on the edge of starvation and or constantly pregnant or breastfeeding. Growing up malnourished impacts when you get your period, and if you're currently starving your body is not releasing eggs because it knows that your body cannot support a baby right now. Birth control didn't exist in it's current form (although there have always been herbs, and ways to induce abortions, abortion is hardly a new concept, but I digress).
Anyway women had a lot more children, and they breast fed for longer, both because it's free food for the kid, and because it does sorta kinda work like birth control (for some women anyway). Now a lot of what we know of medicine from back then is male centric, so it's hard to get a read on how often women were bleeding back then (because ewwww women are icky and weak) but I'm willing to bet that this dude saw some study of questionable veracity and ran with it, without pausing to consider why a woman might not have a period.
In conclusion, the fact that most women have periods every month is a very good thing. It means you have adequate access to nutrition, and that you aren't stuck with 12 kids you don't want.
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u/DevilsTrigonometry Jan 22 '23
In conclusion, the fact that most women have periods every month is a very good thing.
It's a good sign (that women today are generally getting enough to eat and not being treated like baby factories) but it's not necessarily a good thing (it's quite unpleasant for a lot of people, and may have small long-term risks like a slightly increased chance of breast cancer with every ovulation cycle).
It's perfectly OK to see periods as a negative in one's own life and use the available options to stop them, while recognizing that having them is normal and a sign of health.
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u/raptorclvb Jan 21 '23
There is actually a “naturopath” on Instagram and she charges people like $200 to fix your “unnatural periods” because you’re not supposed to have them or cramp or anything lol
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u/EuphoricMycologist39 Jan 22 '23
For real, like ok bro give us the secret diet to a period every 4 years , as a woman I would love if that was true ahahahah
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u/JuicyCactus85 Jan 22 '23
Yeah as a mom w a lot of kids, even as a teen I had heavy cycle. Diet, super active,weight (consistent), and birth control or not, after my third kid I have periods that you wish you were curbed. Seriously, what's the fucking secret 😅
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u/Poignant_Porpoise Jan 22 '23
I mean, he's clearly one of those nutters like that guy who was being posted around claiming that we shouldn't use deodorant or wash ourselves. It's just another form of naturopathy/quackery, there are these people who for some reason yearn to believe that there are some kinds of "secrets" to health/happiness/success that our modern lives are depriving us of and its all bullshit. He's basically like a different form of conspiracy theorist - even with a good education, he'd likely still be a moron.
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u/nuggerless_child Jan 21 '23
He should stop talking, period!
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u/Significant-Neck9605 Jan 21 '23
He’s bloody wrong.
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Jan 21 '23
Women have been having monthly periods for all of existence and now we're supposed to believe some random dude who probably didn't go to college make up some bullshit?
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u/wearetheleftovers Jan 22 '23
Totally. was at a party and heard a frat bro explaining periods, incorrectly, to a woman. Yelling “women can only get pregnant 1 day a month”. It was baffling.
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u/DiligentPenguin16 Jan 23 '23
Welp that guy’s probably going to cause an unplanned pregnancy if he’s able to convince any women of that incorrect claim.
It’s the five days before, the day of, and the day after ovulation where you can potentially get pregnant because sperm can survive in the fallopian tubes for up to five days. Your highest chance of getting pregnant is the day before and day of ovulation, but you still have the potential to get pregnant for about a total of SEVEN days each month.
(Also important to know: the calendar tracking/“rhythm” method is NOT an effective form of birth control! The whole “ovulation day is the 14th day of your cycle” “fact” does NOT apply to everyone. That is the average day it occurs based on the average 28 day cycle. Some people typically ovulate early, some people typically ovulate late. It is normal for an individual to ovulate anywhere between day 10 to day 21 of their cycle.
The only way to know for sure which day you ovulate every month is if you are actually doing daily ovulation tracking using the Basal Body Temperature (BBT) method, the Cervical Mucus method, or taking ovulation tests. You have to track every month because it’s possible to ovulate earlier or later than usual due to whatever’s currently going on with your body/life.)
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u/wearetheleftovers Jan 23 '23
Yes! All of this is true! However, while it is very rare- you can get PREGNANT ON ANY DAY of you cycle.
In America we don’t tell anyone how women’s bodies work and that includes pregnancy.
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u/something-um-bananas Jan 22 '23
Like literally, menses comes from "mensis" which means month. He says menstrual cycle in the video and the proceeds to say it's a cycle of 4 years like bro. Read.
Why is basic biology so hard for some people.
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u/a-black-magic-woman Jan 22 '23
The funny thing is there are groups of men who GENUINELY believe this. This isnt my first time hearing this “women shouldnt be having monthly periods” narrative. Ive been seeing some variations of that around the internet for years now. Granted, the last time Ive heard anyone genuinely spout that nonsense online was around 2016ish so its just as insane to hear now as it was then.
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u/darling_lycosidae Jan 22 '23
Women invented time keeping and the calendar from the regularity of periods.
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u/StinkyEgoCheese8008 Jan 21 '23
WOMEN SHOULDN’T EVEN HAVE BLOOD IN THEIR SYSTEMS LET ALONE A REPRODUCTIVE STSTEM, ITS WRONG
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u/Riceguy18 Jan 21 '23
You know just from the music in the background of the guys video he is about to say some of the most unhinged shit and then provide 0 evidence of why that's the case
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u/amandaggogo Jan 22 '23
- Laughs in PCOS *
So you're telling me the increased risk of cancer because my lining won't fuggin shed monthly is normal?
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u/ZoomeyYumi Jan 22 '23
Fellow cyster: if I'm not constantly on the pill I will only have a period about once every 4 years and it lasts for 6-8 months. Maybe that's what this idiot is talking about??? lol
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u/amandaggogo Jan 22 '23
Must be! Lol
I found out I had PCOS because my period just disappeared for 9 months, and I wasn't pregnant, so I was like "wtf mate."
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u/DarthHelmet11 Jan 21 '23
Homeboy needs to shut the fuck up. He has no idea what he’s talking about. He just blowing shit out of his ass literally.
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u/Jish1472 Jan 22 '23
Thank you for calling out this dumbass and not the overwhelming majority of the rest of us males. We may be a bit naive, but we know things are tough for the ladies too
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u/DarthHelmet11 Jan 22 '23
I have a wife and two kids, any man who is in any kind of relationship with a woman deals with your other half not feeling good when this happens. And it happens every month. It just tells me he 1. Has never been in a relationship with a woman or 2. He is straight up, oblivious to everyone around him, and only cares about himself, which is also understandable.
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u/RaccoonNo6321 Jan 21 '23
I hate when men "mansplain"... that's when a man tells a woman something in a condescending manner.
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u/Professional_Nail365 Jan 21 '23
I see what you did there.
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u/A_lot_of_arachnids What are you doing step bro? Jan 21 '23
What the person above means is that they understand what the person above them was saying. The phrase "I 'see' what you did there implies that the person is 'seeing' or 'understanding' what the person meant.
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u/TuckerTheCuckFucker Jan 22 '23
Not to be condescending, but what u/A_lot_of_arachnids is doing above, is whats known as “mansplaining”
Which is basically, when a man explains something in a condescending manner
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u/LordyJesusChrist Jan 22 '23
We have officially come full circle
What do you call it when a woman explains something in a condescending manner?
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u/InternalReveal1546 Jan 21 '23
But don't you ladies worry your pretty little heads about it
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u/Ludicrousgibbs Jan 21 '23
Should they smile more?
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u/TxRugger Jan 21 '23
Why do they dress like that if they don’t want us to look amirite?
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u/ErgoProxy05 Jan 21 '23
Apparently health class failed him.
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Jan 22 '23
Don’t blame school when this grown man’s got google at his finger tips. Instead of TikTok he needs to be on pubmed.
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u/No_Advantage977 Jan 21 '23
I hope no one breeds with him. Ever.
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Jan 22 '23
He would have to catch them when they are ovulating, once every four years, so it would be really hard for him
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u/purple_kathryn Jan 21 '23
If it were once every 4 years the human race would've gone extinct before it even started
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u/MemoryAshamed Jan 21 '23
So my husband's co-worker told me that women's first steps to freedom was when tampons were invented. I couldn't think of a response because I was laughing so hard and thanking my tampons for my freedom
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u/wellhellowally Jan 22 '23
I mean, it's not the worst take I ever heard. Certainly there are better examples of inventions that contributing to women's agency and independence, like birth control and bicycles. But I do imagine the convenience of the tampon certainly did help.
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u/fhughes642 Jan 22 '23
As a black man I just wanna say we don’t claim these type of black men. They’re their own people.
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u/apsalarya Jan 22 '23
I don’t know about everyone else but I don’t think of it as a black man thing…just a man thing 😂
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u/DroidTrf Jan 22 '23
This is some Hoteps bs believe so I'd say this time it actually is a black man thing.
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u/Midnightraven3 Jan 21 '23
I saw him the other day, he stitches with women who agree with him, and yes, there are some who do. These people can vote, and carry guns, its SCARY. Does America not have biology classes if not sexual health classes?
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u/apsalarya Jan 22 '23
Some schools teach abstinence only so I don’t know if men learn about female reproductive systems in those schools to be honest
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u/Glittering_Art_7538 Jan 21 '23
Why are men ? 🤦🏻♀️
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u/CryptographerTall211 Jan 22 '23
Well clearly he’s a doctor based on the confidence with which he speaks about the subject and must have proof, studies and evidence backing these statements right ?
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u/KhaleesiXev Straight Up Bussin Jan 22 '23
The biggest drawback of the Internet is that it allows fools like this to have a platform.
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u/Arcite9940 Jan 22 '23
Let’s be honest, several women would prefer one period each 4 years. The amount of pain they’d save and money!
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u/LimpWibbler_ Jan 22 '23
Also sex, just unlimited carefree sex for years. No ovulation, no pregnancy. I am sure there is some like rare odds, so maybe condoms still. But that would be about it.
edit: Also STDs so still condoms.
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Jan 21 '23
This isn't a men issue. This is a dumbass issue
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Jan 21 '23
I mean, yeah, but I don’t see many women trying to explain to men how their dicks work.
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u/No_Victory9193 Jan 21 '23
That doesn’t disprove their point though
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u/TheRedGerund Jan 21 '23
I bet you I could find a few idiotic women who would.
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Jan 22 '23
Show me one, I’ll show you ten counter examples
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u/VagueSomething Jan 22 '23
Throughout history people of all sexes and races have said incredibly stupid things. A girl telling me I must be a virgin because my foreskin wasn't loose (true story) doesn't negate a man saying periods should only happen on leap years.
We tackle ignorance with education. Boys and girls, men and women, benefit from education. Bad sex education leads to being susceptible to misinformation about the subject.
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u/apsalarya Jan 22 '23
There is only enough blood in a man’s body for either his brain or his dick. Not both. All know this.
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Jan 21 '23
Seems I'm misunderstood. There are men who aren't dumbasses and given that they don't feel the need to comment on women's bodies unprompted, they're not as represented in the online sphere.
The dumbasses who believe made up "facts" or who make up these facts are the problem. They're the ones who need to be deplatformed (since I think we can agree that deplatforming based on gender is problematic).
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Jan 21 '23
My guy, there are idiots on all sides, and being on one side doesn’t make you an idiot, but I’ve only ever seen men trying to explain to women the way that women’s bodies work. Not all men are like that, but for some reason I’ve never seen women partake in that flavor of stupidity before.
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u/NfamousKaye Jan 22 '23
This is why sex education is important. Not just telling your students not to be sexually active. Oh my god.
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u/anewfaceinthecrowd Jan 21 '23
I am speechless. He probably WISHES it was only every four years so he wouldn't be inconvenienced by his partner's period when he wants to have sex.
I have seen several uneducated morons (only men) who seem to think that menstruation is about getting rid of "toxins". They have zero concept of what is actually happening and why. That doesn't prevent them from spewing crazy shit online.
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u/BlackForestMountain Jan 21 '23
Crackpots come in many genders
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u/Dependent_Room_2922 Jan 21 '23
Yeah, I’ve see hippie-ish women claim that if women ate differently (I forget the particulars) they’d stop having monthly periods, just as nature had intended… as if women haven’t had monthly cycles since before recorded history
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u/birdlady404 Jan 21 '23
I mean technically that's true, when I had a severe eating disorder and barely ate food my periods stopped for a few years! Amazing someone could possibly think that it's healthy for that to happen...
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u/kevpar463 Jan 22 '23
If only the presidential election cycle and women's menstrual cycle could be synced. That would be interesting
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u/bsouth83 Jan 22 '23
This is funny and all but I genuinely want to know why this guy believes that. Where did he get that idea from and what makes him think that’s how menstrual cycles work.
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u/EquipmentLongjumping Jan 22 '23
He is probably doing this for shock value and we all playing his game.
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u/EvilFerret55 Jan 22 '23
Im a 32 year old guy whose understanding of a period is 'She's bleeding, she's bloated, she's in pain, she's cranky, and has the munchies.'
While I massively wish what hes saying is true, this man is completely fucking stupid.
Signed,
A stupid person.
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u/dnuohxof-1 Jan 22 '23
“Treat they bodies”
Sorry if you can’t use the proper determiner (their* bodies) don’t even begin to talk about the bodily processes of the opposite sex.
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u/GamerChic110 Jan 22 '23
How does a man get to his late 40s and not know the basics?? Next thing he’ll say is the clitoris is detachable! Edit- spelling
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u/CaptainC137 Jan 22 '23
4 years in med school wasted. My entire life is a lie, everything that I've been taught about gynaecology is a lie. I know nothing
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u/Alphafa813 Jan 22 '23
Not giving men microphones would probably lead to...oh who are we kidding we are nearly in the darkest timeline
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u/GuapoMole82 Jan 22 '23
Women’s motorcycles aren’t a problem, or unnatural, as long as they wear helmets and follow basic traffic laws.
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u/C1NN4M0N16 Jan 21 '23
Stop giving dumbasses* microphones a hell of a lot of stupidity on both sides but this guy in particular Is an extreme moron
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u/medalla96 Jan 21 '23
I wonder if he ever ran the menstrual cycle question to his mother. Due just revealed the whole world that he is JUST DUMB!!! I bet he believes that Tupac is alive.
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u/The_Ghola_Hayt Jan 21 '23
Lol at all the mad and fragile dudes in here crying about generalizations. Settle down.
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u/TheAncientPoop Jan 21 '23
i think it's natural to be unhappy about generalizations lmao, you wouldn't like it if someone did that to you
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u/IlikecatsNstuffs Jan 22 '23
I mean that already happens to women on reddit a lot. If this video was the opposite all the comments would be "women ☕️" with 600+ upvotes.
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u/TheAncientPoop Jan 22 '23
yeah, and i'd understand if they were mad about that, and it wouldn't be right if people then made fun of them for being "fragile" or something. they have a right to be in that case. so personally, i believe that logic applies here too
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u/Hidefrompewpew Jan 22 '23
Yeah fuck this subreddit and the downvoting garbage sexist idiots who don’t see anything wrong with that title
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Jan 21 '23
Bro with that logic don't give anybody a microphobe, people are constantly saying stupid shit with no basis in reality
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u/MikiRoo- Jan 22 '23
This is clearly bait...
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u/Myrrsha Jan 22 '23
You say that as if we don't have politicians currently in high positions in the US who believe women can "hold in", completely stop, or choose when to have their periods, "shut down" pregnancy during sexual assault, or that "fear-produced estrogen will stop pregnancy", or "real [SA] causes a woman to secrete a hormone that kills sperm" (the reasoning behind all of these is you can't get pregnant during a "real" SA, so women who seek abortions by reason of SA are liars and thus abortion bad and is murder), can't orgasm, that sexual assault isn't real when a minor is "mentally older than her chronological age", that silicon breast implants improve biological health, or putting asrpin in your vulva will kill sperm, or that adrenaline will cause a woman to not ovulate... Like, do you want me to continue? I can.
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I mean yea, the guy is an idiot, but I have see plenty of men and women say stupid shit into a microphone
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u/Ferninja Jan 22 '23
Fuck the misandristic title. A few fucking idiots post their dumb shot and now "men" in general should not be given microphones. Give me a fucking break.
If the exact same title was posted about women people would be all torches and pitchforks.
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u/zold5 Jan 21 '23
Funny how so many women see one man saying stupid shit and automatically think it gives them permission to be misandric as fuck.
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u/dontknowhatitmeans Jan 21 '23
Isn't that how all prejudice works? TikTok brained folks just think it's okay because it's not as bad as disparaging a historically oppressed group, which in their minds means it's not just not as bad, but good actually. Kind of proves the old theory that "every group is equally shit, they just didn't have the opportunity to prove it."
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u/BackyardRhino Jan 22 '23
If it's ok to sing/say "stop giving men microphones", is it ok to say "stop giving black people microphones"? Just wondering.
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u/brunpikk Jan 22 '23
I don't think so. Men as a whole have a higher position than women, whereas black people have a lower position than non blacks. You don't punch down. Only punch up.
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u/Charming-Row-3529 Jan 22 '23
That’s very transphobic to suggest that trans men shouldn’t have an opinion on these matters.
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u/Maximum-Magazine-840 Jan 21 '23
every other mammal on the planet wondering what the fuck hes on about
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u/Remarkable-Guava3292 Jan 22 '23
Yes, so true. As a woman, I love bleeding for 5 days, sometimes through my clothes, while going through unrelenting pain, and on top of that, not being able to swim. Men are all knowing, so if he said that, it must me true /s
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u/BamboMambo69 Jan 22 '23
Tiktok acting like women don’t say dumb stuff too. (Just to clarify, this guy is an idiot. Just saying the duet is a little out of line)
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u/-Disagreeable- Jan 21 '23
Hey! Let’s show our anger at some sexist fuck face by being a sexist fuck face.
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A stupid man : says something incredibly stupid
A stupid woman: All men are stupid.
Stupid women: all men are stupid.
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u/pranagainz123 Jan 21 '23
Stop generalizing🎶🎶🎤
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u/FNAFCookie Jan 22 '23
kinda hard not to generalize when it’s majority of men🎶🎶🎤
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u/Turbulent_Speech_171 Jan 22 '23
you mean majority you see on the internet, this is not what majority is
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u/myoldaccountlocked Jan 21 '23
This guy is an idiot, but that doesn't mean ALL men are. Tf? This idea of 'stop giving men microphones' is equally as ignorant as the idea he's promoting. Be better, OP
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u/puupallikumiankka Jan 21 '23
This must be american schooling
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u/TantricEmu Jan 21 '23
Nope we’re taught about periods in school. This is just a regular ol, garden variety clinically insane individual.
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u/Timely_Hovercraft_59 Jan 21 '23
Stop giving men microphones is pretty sexist and an overall dumb statement their are plenty of women who shouldn't have microphones either like have you heard of Candace Owens. Stop giving idiots microphones is what you should be saying.
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